US President Donald Trump presents himself as the architect of a new order in the Middle East, and at first glance, the facts seem to back him up: The hostages are home, the Arab partners are back at the table, and Israel is being celebrated as victorious. But a deeper look reveals that this American dominance has become a gilded cage for Israel. Trump’s policy is transactional—it’s about the deal, the quick, visible success. There’s a growing suspicion that the price of this diplomatic triumph and the return of 20 living hostages was an invisible guarantee for Hamas’s survival—a compromise Washington can sell as victory, but one that erodes Israel’s strategic promise to uproot the threat at its root.
We live in a security situation that depends on the whims of a president, while our enemies—Hamas in the south, Hezbollah in the north, and a resurgent Iran to the east—are using this tolerated calm to regroup. Tehran is sending signals, and they say one thing: the 12-day war taught them nothing. Quite...
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I agree. I voted for Trump but I don’t imagine that he is all-knowing or always right. And he has his hands full. I pray God’s guidance for him. And Trump’s negotiator, Steve Witkoff, who is secular American Jewish, seems to be more in tune to Israel’s and Ukraine’s enemies sometimes. Maybe he has business sense but little common sense or spiritual sense sometimes. Like the idea of bringing the Turks into Gaza. What does he think is going to happen? The Turks will probably defend Hamas against Israel and then Israel with have to fight Turkey too. Israel is right to resist Trump when needed and I am praying for Israel’s protection.
Amen! HaShem is aware that the gilded president has had Israel in a choke hold. Unity is indeed the answer for a divided Israel